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in the united states. she was among the first female journalists to report from the war torn streets of baghdad. george has covered five wars and right after the terrorists attack on september 11th he drove all the way from miami to new york to report on the tragedy firsthand. once he even asked for a vacation to cover the war in afghanistan. an assignment that at the time the network deemed too dangerous. he's had very public encounters with venezuela's hugo chavez, with former cuban dictator fidel castro. the president of bolivia stood up after only six minutes of questioning by him. both ramos and celines both moderated the first bilingual presidential debate. and most recently with the meet the candidates forum. but perhaps they are best known for defending the rights of immigrants by reporting on their plight and giving a voice to the voiceless. >> maria is the most recognized hispanic female journalist in the united states. in fact, "the new york times" called her the voice of hispanic america. among
in the united states. she was among the first female journalists to report from the war torn streets of baghdad. george has covered five wars and right after the terrorists attack on september 11th he drove all the way from miami to new york to report on the tragedy firsthand. once he even asked for a vacation to cover the war in afghanistan. an assignment that at the time the network deemed too dangerous. he's had very public encounters with venezuela's hugo chavez, with former cuban dictator...
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and that actually challenges the whole economic setup of the united states. and of western capitalism. it's very, very threatening. and i think that that's why you've had the billionaire class. you know, the minute barack obama -- i would actually say rather gently suggested that the millionaires and the billionaires should pay a little bit more, you had immediate cries of class warfare from the plutocrats, and very emotional. you know, there was an activist investor who sent an e-mail to his friends, the subject line is, battered wives. and in the e-mail, he compares himself and his fellow multimillionaires to battered wives who are being beaten by the president. he actually uses those words. >> and i thought it was really interesting, in your book, how you pointed out that bill clinton himself responded to obama's criticism by saying, you know, i would have done it a little bit differently. i think, you know, you can't attack these people for their success. and i think that's very relevant, because if you go back in time it wasn't always this way, but i thi
and that actually challenges the whole economic setup of the united states. and of western capitalism. it's very, very threatening. and i think that that's why you've had the billionaire class. you know, the minute barack obama -- i would actually say rather gently suggested that the millionaires and the billionaires should pay a little bit more, you had immediate cries of class warfare from the plutocrats, and very emotional. you know, there was an activist investor who sent an e-mail to his...
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of iowa. >>> rick santorum is the former united states senator from pennsylvania who won the iowa caucuses in january before losing the republican nomination to mitt romney. >>> the irony of a group of judges taking the one bulwark of freedom, the constitution. to use it to destroy the second bulwark of freedom, virtue, is truly a corrupt act. the people of iowa have an opportunity to say no. we are no longer going to stand by and let the elites, who believe they know best how to write the laws and change the constitution, run roughshod over the rights of people. >>> iowa is often a bellwether state for national politics. so when out-of-state partisans and out-of-state money combine to try and take down and take apart a highly esteemed court in the heartland, you never know who's next. that's why we wanted to talk to a couple of iowans who have organized the non- partisan group justice not politics. they're fighting to protect the independence of their supreme court against efforts to vote jus sally pederson is a democrat and the state's lieutenant governor from 1999 to 2007. she's past ch
of iowa. >>> rick santorum is the former united states senator from pennsylvania who won the iowa caucuses in january before losing the republican nomination to mitt romney. >>> the irony of a group of judges taking the one bulwark of freedom, the constitution. to use it to destroy the second bulwark of freedom, virtue, is truly a corrupt act. the people of iowa have an opportunity to say no. we are no longer going to stand by and let the elites, who believe they know best how...
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houses across the country. >> the uniteates of alec. and -- >>> we had a drum roll of media attention that said if you don't stop and watch the debates that night you're really missing out on an important cultural moment. >> announcer, funding is provided by, carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org." anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by
houses across the country. >> the uniteates of alec. and -- >>> we had a drum roll of media attention that said if you don't stop and watch the debates that night you're really missing out on an important cultural moment. >> announcer, funding is provided by, carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge...
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the politics in the united states are exacerbating that division. rather than mitigating it. s but i do think when you pull back and look at the global picture that was something important for me to do in the book it becomes a little bit harder to say thish particular american tax break, or even this american financial reform is the only thing driving come inequality. because the really remarkable ing is the extent to whichs this is a global phenomenon. it's happening across the western industrialized world. canadian. so i'm practically born a socialist in the view of many americans. but even in canada, income inequality is increasing. it's even, you know, for awhile in economic literature the one outlyer was france, so far as economists make jokes, they would say oh, the french they have to be exceptional even in area. now you're seeing it increase in france, too. and you're seeing it increase i emerging market economies. so i think we do have to accept that there are some economic drivers. those economic drivers are partly put in place by the politics. it was politics that
the politics in the united states are exacerbating that division. rather than mitigating it. s but i do think when you pull back and look at the global picture that was something important for me to do in the book it becomes a little bit harder to say thish particular american tax break, or even this american financial reform is the only thing driving come inequality. because the really remarkable ing is the extent to whichs this is a global phenomenon. it's happening across the western...
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states." but it's impossible to truly grasp this reality unless you can see it with your own eyes. that's the beauty of what my guest james balog is doing. earth, he says, is having a fever. so five years ago, he created the extreme ice survey, combining art and science to tell the story of a planet in peril. risking life and limb, this photographer and filmmaker, mountaineer, author and prophet has gone to the top of the world to show us overwhelming evidence of what we're doing to the environment. his discoveries are in this magnificent new book, "ice: portraits of vanishing glaciers" and in the feature length documentary "chasing ice," soon to be released. here's an excerpt from its trailer. >>> it all started in iceland. i think i'm so certain to get wet i'll take my boots off. i never imagined that you could see glaciers this big disappearing in such a short time. there's a powerful piece of history that's unfolding in these pictures, and i have to go back. the initial goal was to put out
states." but it's impossible to truly grasp this reality unless you can see it with your own eyes. that's the beauty of what my guest james balog is doing. earth, he says, is having a fever. so five years ago, he created the extreme ice survey, combining art and science to tell the story of a planet in peril. risking life and limb, this photographer and filmmaker, mountaineer, author and prophet has gone to the top of the world to show us overwhelming evidence of what we're doing to the...